Sunita M. Stewart, PhD

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Sunita M. Stewart, PhD, is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at Children’s Health System of Texas and the Division of Child Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Stewart’s publications focus on child and adolescent psychiatry, specifically examining depression, suicidal behavior, and the impact of ethnic-racial identity and trauma on internalizing symptoms in youth. Research contributions include studies on predicting adolescent suicidal events following treatment and the longitudinal effects of negative ethnic-racial identity in Latiné youth. Collaborators frequently include Andrea Bancroft, Andres G. Viana, Cecilia DeVargas, Charles B. Nemeroff, and Cynthia Garza.

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Prediction Of Adolescent Suicidal Events By Residual Depressive Symptoms
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Prediction Of Adolescent Suicidal Events By Residual Depressive Symptoms

May 21, 2025

Sleep disturbance and suicidal ideation were the strongest predictors of hospitalization, and, together with anhedonia, they consistently predicted suicidal events during follow-up.
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Negative Ethnic-Racial Identity and Internalizing Symptoms in Latiné Youth Exposed to Trauma
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Negative Ethnic-Racial Identity and Internalizing Symptoms in Latiné Youth Exposed to Trauma

March 17, 2025

In a large group of Latiné youth who had experienced trauma, negative affect about their ethnic racial identity not only was associated with worse internalizing symptoms, but also increased...
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